Leaders from 1999 responsible for nation’s woes – Saraki

Sunday Aborisade , Abuj a

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said on Tuesday that all public office holders in Nigeria since 1999 , were guilty of the mistakes of the past that led the country to its present political and economic mess .

Saraki stated this while responding to a question on the secrecy of the National Assembly ’s budget and corruption levelled against it by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a recent letter .

The Senate President insisted that it was wrong for anybody to hold an individual or group of people solely responsible for the mess of the past .

Saraki said what was required of all stakeholders was collective participation for the good of all Nigerians.

He, however, pledged that details of the N 115 bn National Assembly budget on a section - by - section basis , would be made public this year as against the usual practice .